The Osceola times., 1887-06-18

exceed by Si,O4A77s those Of the corrc-
spending quarter Of 1885, and by sl,13 81
these Of the CORES ponding quarter OF issA
the year the reduction in postage went
into effect The expenditures show an In
crease Of s35s, 4s7, as compared with the
last quarter Of 1855, and t6s), as CON-
pared with the last quaftcr OF 1884
Tue New York State Grand Lodgs OF
Masons has expsle l Prudence Lodge on
account OF its admission OF Tom Gould
and other notorious people TO member
ship.
MISSOURI gets sl4,7l6 of the National
appropriations for militia aid.
| FAILURES the seven days ende the 10th
| in the United States were 4) against 2o9
| for the CORES ponding week last year.
No answer has yet been made by the
Missouri Pacific railway 10 charges made
BY St Louis grocers before the Inter State
Commerce Commission.
| DR. MACKENZIE again examined the Ger
man Crown Prnce's throat on the 10th.
His report on the malady, 1t Is sail, was
reassuring The Crown Prince will 20 to
London and be under DR.. Mackcnzie's i'm
mediate cara
TnE United States Supreme Court Is
said TO AVE reached a conclusion Oh the
telephone cases, and it IL said 10 be ad-
verse to the vital principle OF tn, Bell
patent.
ACTING SURGEON general SroSER has
expressed the opinion that the yellow
fever at Key West is well under control,
and that there is not much danger Of its
spreading beyond its present limits.
THREE thousand pos,masters from all
over the Unitcd States have decided to
hold an annual convention at Washington
in December next. The object Of the con.
vcntion will be to urge upon Congress
legislation increasing salaries Of post
masters and changes in the classification
Of mail matter.
THE State Department is informed that
under the recent agreement with Spain
relieving American vessels from discrim.
mating duties, vessels are arriving at
Havana with cargoes from the Rio de la
Plata. For sixty years the duties have
excluded American vessels from this
trade
A STRONG anti-Semihc movement is
gaining ground in Hungary ana the at
tention OF the government is called 10 its
spread. A terrific fight growing out OF
this state OF feeling occurred ut Natura
on the 10th, in which eight persons were
killed and thirty wounded
II. &. FRICK 4 Co, one Of the largest
coke producing firms in Pennsylvania,
have conceded the twelve and half per
cent advance demanded by the strikers,
and work will be resumed at their ovens
at once.
WHILE a body Of police were engaged
| at Denbigb, Wales, on the llth, selling
property for tithes, they were set upon
by a mob, who let loose an excited bull
and pelted the police with rotten eggs.
SIxTY-FouR cadets were graduated
from the West Point Military Academy
on the llth. General Sherman was pres
ent and made an interesting address 10
the graduates, and General Sheridan well
coined them to the army in speech in
which he reviewed. his own career.
TnE close Of the week cndei the 1lth
found the Detroiis still leading in the
League BASEL ball championship series,
with Boston close up and Chicago still
holding nth place. The ST. Louis Browns
continue to hold strong lead IN tho
| American Association.
SuccEssFUL experiments were made at
San Francisco in firing shells loadeI with
| dynamite from parrot guns. One OK.
plosion made hole in the ground twelve
feet wide by Ave deep
WAsHINaToN Is intensely worked up
over the Venezuelan telephone scandal.
KussIA's occupation of Kerki, on the
Oxus, is regarded by Afghanistan as a
declaration Of war.
CHARLES BECKER, a forger, who is
| famous all over the world, is to be re-
leased this week from the New York
pcnitentiary.
InE advertised meeting OF the evicted
tenants at Bodykc, Ireland, on the 10th,
was forbidden, but the people got together
at Feakle and Michael Davitt addressed
them.
In addition to the plan for changing one
or more of the present street railroads Of
Washington to cable roads next winter,
there are plans afioat for system of Gle
waited roads to cover the entire city
A DISPATCH from Nice, France, to the
Warner observatory, on tho l2th, an
nounced the discovery of a comet located
In right ascension, sixteen hours, eightee n
minutes, forty-six seconds; declinatlon
south, twenty degrees, thrly-eight min
utes.
SERIOUS rioting is reported to have oc'
Cured at Oak Ridge Park, Gutenberg,
N. j., on the 12th. An Anarchist picnic
for the benefit of the Chicago Anarchists,
at which Herr Host was present, was be-
ing held IN the park. Several person. 5
are reported hurt